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London's Contemporary Architecture is a practical, visual and analytical guide to the best modern buildings in the British capital. Now in its fifth edition, the guide has been fully updated...

The first edition of the "Tate Modern Handbook" was a massive bestseller, introducing its readers to the startling architecture of the brand-new modern art gallery that swiftly became the most...

Most people would assume that the trees along the capital's streets are London planes. That's what street trees are? In fact, the magnificently green streets of London are in no...

London's Contemporary Architecture: A Visitor's Guide is a practical and highly-illustrated guide to the best modern buildings in the British capital. In full colour throughout, this map-based book contains pithy...

This essential guide opens up the treasures of London's most alluring quarter. At its core are Westminster Abbey, Parliament, and the palatial Government buildings of Whitehall, together with the great...

Secrets. Lies. Murder. Fame can be deadly. A British icon delivers a powerful blockbuster in an exhilarating thriller set in London's East End. ____________________________________________________ A FALLEN ROCKSTAR. ONE LAST CHANCE...

For more than 600 years livery companies have played a leading role in commercial activities and social and political life in the City of London. These trade associations, each representing...

Which borough of London is the happiest? Where are the city's tweeting hot spots? How many animals does the fire brigade save each year? Which London residents have left their...

From Michelin starred restaurants to local bistros and from luxury hotels to rooms with a view, this unique guide journeys through the unsurpassed culinary experiences in the great city of...

This is the seventh volume of The Public Sculpture of Britain, a series intended to cover eventually the whole of the country and produced by the Public Monuments and Sculpture...

Peter Dazeley has gained access to the hidden interiors of some of London's most iconic buildings, from Tower Bridge to Battersea Power Station, Big Ben to the Old Bailey. His...

`After I finished this book I alarmed my family by going into the garden and climbing the apple tree.' - Damian Whitworth, The Times `One of the publishing sensations of...

The book titled General Buses of the Twenties: An Introduction to the K, S, NS, LS by the author G.J Robbins. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for...

It is now just over a hundred years since the first motor cab took to the road in London. Bill Munro has compiled a complete history of the motor taxi-cabs...

Oi Jimmy Knacker is a vivid memoir of Ken Kimberley''s childhood and youth in the pre-war East End of London, illustrated in full colour by Ken''s own paintings and sketches.'

As managing director of the London Underground in the 1920s and the first chief executive of London Transport, Frank Pick (1878-1941), had more influence on the look of twentieth century...

On the wintry afternoon of Monday 28 November 1768, an architect and three artists were granted an audience with George III at St James's Palace; their mission, the foundation of...

This addition to the "Britain in Old Photographs" series brings together a collection of black-and-white pictures spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Drawn from family albums, local collections...

Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's 'Little play-thing house', became one of the wonders of the 18th-century architectural world. The authors take us round the house (now being restored) and room by...

In this the fourth title in the series covering London Transport decade by decade, the author examines the development of London Transport during this period. Drawing upon his own collection...

East London has changed more dramatically than any other part of the city over the last thirty years. From a desolate, and in many places derelict, state after the bombing...

Designed by the internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano and developed by Irvine Sellar, The Shard is one of the world's most striking new skyscrapers and is now, at 310m, the...

An architectural guide that encompasses three centuries of metropolitan growth, spanning an area from Georgian St Marylebone and the riverside terraces of Chelsea and Chiswick to Heathrow Airport and the...

The National Gallery started life in 1824 when the British government purchased the collection of 38 pictures belonging to the estate of wealthy banker John Julius Angerstein. As there was...

A history of the building itself, told through the stories of the people, royal and common, good and bad, heroes and villains, who lived and died there. This book presents...

London was the largest city in the world in the middle of the 18th century when the British Museum was founded, and characterized by contrasts of innovation and tradition, wealth...

The book titled Music in London: A History and Handbook by the author Norman Lebrecht. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This beautifully illustrated book consists of a series of encounters with writers, artists, and musicians living in London, all of whom are exiles or emigres displaced from their cultural and...

'He did kill . Kill and kill and kill .' Tess 's number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter Poppy . But splitting up with Poppy's father Jason...

The period 1660-1720 saw the foundation of modern London. The city was transformed post-Fire from a tight warren of medieval timber-framed buildings into a vastly expanded, regularised landscape of brick...

Modern-day London abounds with a multitude of gardens, enclosed by railings and surrounded by houses, which attest to the English love of nature. These green enclaves, known as squares, are...

It is surely remarkable to write of a guidebook that it is difficult to put down. But it is certainly true of this one. ECONOMISTCalls our attention to everything beautiful,...

"London" and "Paris" are the first two titles in a unique new series of city guides focusing on modern and contemporary art - a genuine gap in the art and...

From Barnet to Richmond, explore the history of London's Metro-Land A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land is your essential pocket guide to the modernist architecture of London's suburbs. Inspired by...

Lost London is the story of the city as told through the buildings, parks and palaces that are no longer with us. Places like the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, the leading...

Wallpaper * City Guides are a ruthlessly-researched, design-conscious guide, for the discerning traveller who wants to come away with a true taste of the best a city has to offer.

"The Annals of London" chronicles the events which have changed the face of London and engaged, diverted or outraged its inhabitants in the years since the settlement of Londinium was...

Robert Hooke was one of the most gifted men of his age, but it was his great misfortune to work in the sphere of two remarkable men - Isaac Newton...

The extraordinary story of St. Paul's Churchyard-the area of London that was a center of social and intellectual life for more than a millennium St. Paul's Cathedral stands at the...

A visit to Buckingham Palace is unforgettable. The magnificent State Rooms, with their gilded ceilings and glittering chandeliers, provide a perfect setting for one of Britain's finest collections of paintings...

Called "the flour of Cities all," London has long been understood through the poetry it has inspired. Now poet Mark Ford has assembled the most capacious and wide-ranging anthology of...

Be inspired and plan your next unforgettable trip with DK travel guides Make your trip to London extraordinary Walk in the footsteps of kings and queens. Tour cutting-edge art and...

Published here for the first time, this text presents a collection of recently-discovered stories by John Fante.

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse's training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would...

The handy pocket-size guide is packed with useful information, tips and recommendations, accompanied by colour photographs, charts and maps for the first-time traveller who wants to experience the major highlights...